SE: DAM Philosophy Group
Tuesday, January 12, 2010, 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Location availble to members of the Meetup. Join here, --, Detroit Area, MI, --
Description
Join the Detroit Atheists Meetup Group for the first meeting of their new philosophy group.
Come to the kickoff meeting of a new interest group!
There will be a presentation and then open discussion.
Morality is often placed as being the province of religion with philosophy holding a distant second. Often atheists and humanists are accused by religious believers of being without morals or just filing the serial numbers off from religious ethical codes and declaring them secular values.
On the other side are atheists and humanists that declare morality a social construct that has no hold on human behavior and that all acts are neutral with their consequences determined by each society’s view not objective reality.
Learn how science, history and philosophy show the roots of human behavior and the development of moral thought and action. Find out about the distinctions between morality, mores and folkways and how they are intertwined into our modern discussion of “what is right.” Finally learn about how others have developed naturalistic codes or guidelines for living with others without having to fall into either supernatural absolutism or moral relativism.
More information is available here
Cost: Contact the meetup for instructions
Contact: Frank Burejsza , , (248) 997-5663
